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May 10, 2024 · Louis XIII was the king of France from 1610 to 1643, who cooperated closely with his chief minister, the Cardinal de Richelieu, to make France a leading European power. The eldest son of King Henry IV and Marie de Médicis, Louis succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of his father in May.
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6 days ago · Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal et duc de Richelieu was the chief minister to King Louis XIII of France from 1624 to 1642. His major goals were the establishment of royal absolutism in France and the end of Spanish-Habsburg hegemony in Europe.
May 20, 2024 · Why is Portugal no longer a monarchy? Portugal is no longer a monarchy because the monarchy was abolished in 1910 following the assassination of the King and the subsequent revolution.
May 24, 2024 · As a result of Richelieu's work, Louis XIII became one of the first examples of an absolute monarch. Under Louis and Richelieu, the crown successfully intervened in the Thirty Years' War against the Habsburgs, managed to keep the French nobility in line, and retracted the political and military privileges granted to the Huguenots by Henry IV ...
6 days ago · Process: The French Revolution, which began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy. King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were tried and executed by guillotine. Consequences: The revolution led to the end of the monarchy and the establishment of the republic in France. The revolution caused major political and social changes that affected ...
May 28, 2024 · The word absolutism was coined only in the 19th century and the concept of a generic absolutist model can easily obscure significant differences between various monarchical states. In addition recent work has shown that in practice even the paradigmatic absolutist, Louis XIV, needed to rule in collaboration with the nobility and other ...
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May 19, 2024 · In the reign of Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715), the longest in European history, the French monarchy reached the peak of absolutist development. In the magnificence of his court and the brilliance of the culture that he presided over, Louis dominated his age.
